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Sam Botts's Collection
 
3/19/2024
 
 
 
 
Welcome to Sam Botts's Railroad Picture Archives!

Front Page Pic Welcome to the RRPictureArchives.NET contributor site of Sam Botts.  

I started to photograph trains in 1982 after my Dad gave in and bought me my first camera at age 12 (a Kodak 110mm camera).  I've been shooting them ever since (some 33 years so far). 

I grew up in the Binghamton, NY area and eventually worked for all three Binghamton area railroads (NYS&W, Conrail, & D&H) before moving to the mid-west to continue my railroad career.

I hope you enjoy the images posted here. I enjoy the trips down memory lane, as a lot has changed in the last quarter century. To those who remember this time period I hope you to will enjoy them, and to those who don't, you can see a period of railroading which falls after the "golden age" and "transition era".



You may browse my collection of pictures via the menu located on the left hand side of the page.  I hope you enjoy the collection and thanks for stopping by!

 
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Select one of the links from the menu on the left to begin browsing the collection.
 
Site Stats
Photos: 9,392
Locomotives:  5,267
Rolling Stock:  55
Locations:  847
What's New?
New Photo Albums
Sam Botts - KCS Mainlines
   -Added 7/8/2015 1:25:46 PM
Sam Botts - Museum of Transportation
   -Added 6/8/2015 8:07:50 PM
Sam Botts - Steam into History
   -Added 1/4/2014 9:30:16 AM
Sam Botts - Red River Valley & Western
   -Added 11/26/2012 1:59:53 AM
Sam Botts - San Louis & Rio Grande
   -Added 11/26/2012 1:54:57 AM
Sam Botts - Towanda-Monroeton Shippers Lifeline
   -Added 11/26/2012 1:54:07 AM
Sam Botts - Midwest Railcar
   -Added 11/26/2012 1:53:01 AM
Sam Botts - Wheeling & Lake Erie
   -Added 11/26/2012 1:52:53 AM
Sam Botts - Twin Cities & Western
   -Added 11/26/2012 1:51:44 AM
Sam Botts - Wisconsin Southern
   -Added 11/26/2012 1:48:22 AM
Sam Botts - Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee Railroad
   -Added 11/26/2012 1:40:13 AM
Sam Botts - Indiana Harbor Belt
   -Added 11/26/2012 1:36:55 AM
Sam Botts - Rome Locomotive Works
   -Added 11/26/2012 1:36:04 AM
Sam Botts - Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley
   -Added 11/26/2012 1:35:23 AM
Sam Botts - Fremont & Elkhorn Valley
   -Added 11/26/2012 1:34:32 AM
Sam Botts - Elgin, Joilet & Eastern
   -Added 11/25/2012 9:20:20 AM
Sam Botts - East Erie Commercial
   -Added 11/25/2012 8:52:44 AM
Sam Botts - Nebraska Central
   -Added 11/25/2012 8:52:04 AM
Sam Botts - Ellis & Eastern
   -Added 11/25/2012 8:51:00 AM
Sam Botts - New York & Lake Erie
   -Added 11/25/2012 8:50:07 AM
Sam Botts - Livonia, Avon & Lakeville
   -Added 11/25/2012 8:49:02 AM
Sam Botts - Boone & Scenic Valley
   -Added 11/25/2012 8:35:48 AM
Sam Botts - Minnesota Southern Railroad
   -Added 11/25/2012 8:34:52 AM
Sam Botts - Paducah & Louisville
   -Added 11/25/2012 8:12:55 AM
Sam Botts - Bessemer & Lake Erie
   -Added 11/25/2012 8:07:17 AM
Sam Botts - Albany Port Railroad
   -Added 11/25/2012 8:04:14 AM
Sam Botts - Durbin & Greenbrier Valley
   -Added 11/25/2012 8:02:23 AM
Sam Botts - Iowa Traction
   -Added 11/25/2012 8:00:04 AM
Sam Botts - Adirondack Railroad
   -Added 11/25/2012 7:58:21 AM
Sam Botts - Delaware & Hudson
   -Added 11/25/2012 7:42:07 AM
Sam Botts - Finger Lakes
   -Added 11/25/2012 7:41:14 AM
Sam Botts - Rochester & Southern
   -Added 11/25/2012 7:40:32 AM
Sam Botts - Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern
   -Added 11/25/2012 7:38:35 AM
Sam Botts - Toledo, Peoria & Western
   -Added 11/25/2012 7:36:55 AM
Sam Botts - Pittsburgh & Shawmut
   -Added 11/25/2012 7:35:43 AM
   more...
 
Updated Photo Albums
Sam Botts - KCS Mainlines
   -Updated 11/9/2018 8:56:23 AM
Sam Botts - UP Missouri Mainlines
   -Updated 11/9/2018 8:02:24 AM
Sam Botts - BNSF Missouri Mainlines
   -Updated 11/9/2018 7:52:14 AM
Sam Botts - NKP 765
   -Updated 4/12/2017 12:10:02 PM
Sam Botts - NS Southern Tier Line
   -Updated 4/12/2017 11:45:50 AM
Sam Botts - NS Steam Program
   -Updated 6/18/2015 1:06:29 PM
Sam Botts - New York Central Museum
   -Updated 6/8/2015 10:33:54 PM
Sam Botts - PM 1225
   -Updated 6/8/2015 10:29:06 PM
Sam Botts - Western New York & Pennsylvania
   -Updated 6/7/2015 9:05:54 AM
Sam Botts - NYS&W
   -Updated 6/7/2015 8:52:15 AM
Sam Botts - CP / D&H
   -Updated 6/7/2015 7:43:10 AM
Sam Botts - CSX Chicago Line
   -Updated 6/6/2015 9:12:19 PM
Sam Botts - NS in the Keystone State
   -Updated 6/6/2015 8:45:52 PM
Sam Botts - "the" Delaware - Lackawanna
   -Updated 6/6/2015 8:44:49 PM
Sam Botts - Newest Photo's
   -Updated 6/6/2015 2:07:51 PM
Sam Botts - CSX in PA, MD & WV
   -Updated 6/6/2015 10:19:41 AM
Sam Botts - NS Missouri Mainlines
   -Updated 6/5/2015 10:30:45 PM
Sam Botts - Steam into History
   -Updated 2/6/2014 5:22:30 AM
Sam Botts - Nickel Plate #765 Photo Freights
   -Updated 1/21/2014 11:09:08 PM
Sam Botts - Steamtown
   -Updated 7/5/2013 8:16:49 AM
Sam Botts - Lehigh Railway
   -Updated 6/28/2013 3:39:37 PM
Sam Botts - NYS&W - D&H
   -Updated 3/2/2013 10:01:34 AM
Sam Botts - Conrail's Southern Tier
   -Updated 3/2/2013 9:51:10 AM
Sam Botts - D&H - Guilford Years
   -Updated 2/24/2013 7:56:51 AM
Sam Botts - Bath & Hammondsport
   -Updated 11/26/2012 3:22:34 AM
Sam Botts - Strasburg Railroad
   -Updated 11/26/2012 2:49:36 AM
Sam Botts - UP Steam
   -Updated 9/9/2012 9:24:11 AM
Sam Botts - Conrail's Chicago Line
   -Updated 7/24/2012 9:12:53 AM
Sam Botts - Conrail in the Keystone State
   -Updated 7/22/2012 10:10:57 AM
Sam Botts - Cass Scenic Railroad
   -Updated 7/12/2012 8:46:18 AM
Sam Botts - BNSF Illinois
   -Updated 7/10/2012 6:52:26 AM
Sam Botts - Battle Creek, Michigan
   -Updated 6/19/2012 6:03:34 AM
Sam Botts - Norfolk Southern Action
   -Updated 6/19/2012 5:50:22 AM
Sam Botts - Pantograph Trains
   -Updated 6/18/2012 7:19:40 PM
Sam Botts - UP Illinois Mainlines
   -Updated 6/18/2012 6:54:39 AM
   more...
 

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